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Arthur Jensen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Arthur Jensen was originally trained as a tailor and later educated at the Royal Theatre's student school 1920-23 and had an extensive theatre career. He experienced his heyday on…
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Arthur Jensen was originally trained as a tailor and later educated at the Royal Theatre's student school 1920-23 and had an extensive theatre career. He experienced his heyday on television after passing the age of 70. He never achieved the same heights in film as he did in television, with roles such as caretaker Meyer in Huset på Christianshavn (1970-77) and clerk Schwan from Damernes Magasin in Matador (1978-81). With the exception of when he reprised the character of caretaker Meyer in Erik Balling's film version of the TV series, Ballade på Christianshavn (1971). It was his best film performance. He portrayed the two TV series characters shamelessly on his distinctive type: the comically aunty as caretaker Meyer and the sly and vain as clerk Schwan. What could have ended up as a gay caricature becomes human portraits in the garb of folk comedy, not least thanks to Arthur Jensen's humor, which at once shows solidarity and irony with the characters. It took a long time for Arthur Jensen to discovery who he was as an actor. After four silent film supporting roles at Fy&Bi, he formed a comedic duo with Ib Schønberg in several of Alice O'Fredericks' and Lau Lauritzen's energetic prank farces in the 1930s, but the fun is sporadic, and the inventions are often self-satisfied and infantile. His recurring role as a whiny spanking boy for the healthy guys in these films, including director Lauritzen himself, are particularly unfunny and almost unpleasant.
Filmography
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1999
Mifune
Movie Rud's friend
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1981
Jeppe på Bjerget
Movie Jacobæus Lakaj
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1980
Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface
Movie Kanonkongen Don Kraus
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1979
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
Movie Parking Attendant
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1978
Matador
TV show Rudolf Schwann
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1978
Holidays in jail
Movie Klausen
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1978
Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius
Movie Detective Assistant Mortensen
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1977
Vandalism
Movie
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1977
The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
Movie Borgmester Stærmose
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1977
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
Movie Niels Peter Nielsen
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1977
Girls at Sea
Movie Examination Invigilator
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1977
Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio
Movie Togmand
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1976
The Moelleby affair
Movie Nikolajsen, barber
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1976
Bedside Sailors
Movie
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1976
In the Sign of the Lion
Movie
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1976
Jumpin' at the Bedside
Movie Hr. Madsen
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1976
Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
Movie Vagtmand
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1975
In the Sign of the Gemini
Movie Leopold
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1975
Come to My Bedside
Movie Manager
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1975
The Son from Vingaarden
Movie Jeppe
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1974
Nøddebo præstegård
Movie Mads Hjulmand
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1973
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
Movie Nattevagt
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1973
Fætrene på Torndal
Movie Mikkel
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1973
Bedside Romance
Movie Æhrlig-Jensen
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1972
The Man from Swan Farm
Movie Mikkel
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1972
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
Movie Kongen - Victor Emanuel Jensen
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1972
Bedside Highway
Movie Piversen
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1972
Livsens ondskab
TV show Menneske-Mortensen
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1971
Bedside Dentist
Movie Johansen
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1971
Our Home Is Our Castle
Movie Arnold Hannibal Meyer
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1970
Bedroom Mazurka
Movie Hr. Hansen (uncredited)
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1970
The House at Christianshavn
TV show Meyer
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1970
A Day at the Beach
Movie Caretaker
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1970
The Song of the Red Ruby
Movie Zebedæussen
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1969
Ta' lidt solskin
Movie Ludvig
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1969
Ladies Man
Movie Jens
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1969
En nat i Venedig
Movie Delacqua
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1968
Stormvarsel
Movie Bette Magnus
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1968
The Olsen Gang
Movie Arbejder ved banen
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1967
Me and My Kid Brother
Movie Amtmanden
